Shloka 8

Chapter 6: Dāruka’s Report; Arjuna Witnesses Dvārakā’s Desolation (दारुकवृत्तान्तः—अर्जुनस्य द्वारकादर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नो युयुधानश्व॒ कथयन्‌ कत्थसे च यौ । तौ सदा कुरुशार्दूल कृष्णस्य प्रियभाजनौ

Transliteration

pradyumno yuyudhānaś ca kathayan katthase ca yau | tau sadā kuruśārdūla kṛṣṇasya priyabhājanau ||

Translation

Vasudeva said: “Pradyumna and Yuyudhāna—those two about whom you speak and praise—were ever, O tiger among the Kurus, dear and cherished favorites of Kṛṣṇa.”

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युयुधानः: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कथयन्: speaking, telling
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• कत्थसे: you boast
• Type: Verb
• Root: कत्थ्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यौ: those two (who)
• यौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• कुरुशार्दूल: O tiger among the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रियभाजनौ: dear recipients (favorites)
• प्रियभाजनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियभाजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

वसुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Pradyumna
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kuru (as in 'Kuruśārdūla', the Kuru lineage)